Thomas the Tank Engine quits show

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My oldest son was a huge Thomas fan. In the 90s, we went to a Thomas steam day in the South of England; we met the author of the series, Rev W. Audrey, who was signing copies of the books. He was fantastic - loved the way kids responded to his creation - but he clearly wasnā€™t the beneficiary of a media success.

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A lot of programming for kids is made in Canada. I think it has a lot to do with having multiple public broadcasters with mandates to have a large block of showed aimed at kids. The CBC nationally and ones like TVO (TV Ontario) provincially. A certain amount of it has to be Canadian-produced so they have to make it anyway. And since the Canadian accent is very similar to what American TV wants, that programming can be sold in the US.

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That makes a lot of sense.

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Not to mention, thereā€™s tons of government grants and funds for producing television here. And Nelvana is here, and they produce a RIDICULOUS amount of childrenā€™s TV.

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